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"But during acceleration (such as GA) or deceleration, the lighter rotor will respond faster"
Except the designers have re-invested that improved rate into larger blades, with more surface area, and longer chord, such that the net effect is to move more air than the smaller Titanium blades they replace? So the improved acceleration is a 'wash', essentially? The modified resin/matrix allows for significant improvement in aero over the Ti, so lighter, more effficient, less machinery by weight.
The design also won a design award for composites. They're beautiful.
Three thousand pounds of mass per second.
Last edited by Lyman; 10th November 2012 at 03:28.